Great Northern went north to Vancouver BC from Seattle but Burlington didn't have the ownership at the time of this production. They also had lost the coal haulage contract in 1970 to the elk valley in B.C. to Canadian Pacific which has been extended from 1972 to 2051 ,I always loved that cascade green with the candy cane nose on the locomotives
Saw this one afternoon in the 1970's as a kid on Instructional TV which was shown on PBS affliates from 9am til about 4pm.Along with Inside Out,Ripples ,L4 Images and Things.and Vegetable Soup. I miss those days sometimes
I live About 50 yards from a class 2 railroad and they have 5 or 6 trains a day go by and I love it! The horn doesn't bother me, It is the law to honk at the crossings. A train may take anywhere from 3 minutes to 9 minutes to go by and so sit back and enjoy the view it will be gone before you know it and life will go on.
I like this video work from the 70s. My Garden Railroad is a tribute to Burlington Northern, 1970-1995. Gives me a chance to see how they operated pre 90s (when I really remember the Big Green BN). Great quality on this too.
1973 and onwards is when people realised that they weren't in the 1960s anymore, in my opinion! Especially with regards the evolution of rock music such as the rising popularity in blues rock and hard rock, which began in the late 1960s, but became more popular and well known in the early 1970s.
I know "Portrait of a Railroad" is available from Pentrex Video (pentrex. com). Check the "American Railroad Collection Vol. 1" in their vintage diesel video category. I don't know of anyone else selling the BN videos, but you may be able to find them on Ebay. They were part of a collection called "Railroad Classics" sold by BN in the 1980s.
Sweet, thanks. Being only 20, its great to see when the railroad was the almighty link across this country before the Interstate system took over...Hopefully the railroads will once again rein supreme :)
@LordoftheKaty I kind of hated it that Burlington Northern and Sante Fe became a joint venture I sent email to BNSF .com and asked them why they became BNSF and all that right after UP took over the other railroads !
How fast can railroad employees load and unload intermodal versus boxcars? Can a railroad be too successful and ever strain the capacity of man and machine?
and without the railroad, life as we know it would come to a fast halt. those stupid semis can only dream of what the railroad can haul. I never seen semis haul 200 trailers of coal at once to a powerplant. those powerplants need the coal now not a week from now, THINK BEFORE YOU WRITE.
howardkevinm2 years ago BN's president in 1974 was Robert W. Downing not this Chinese guy. That's because this guy, Japanese American Tall Watanabe, was vice president. Do pay attention.
Great Northern went north to Vancouver BC from Seattle but Burlington didn't have the ownership at the time of this production. They also had lost the coal haulage contract in 1970 to the elk valley in B.C. to Canadian Pacific which has been extended from 1972 to 2051 ,I always loved that cascade green with the candy cane nose on the locomotives
Saw this one afternoon in the 1970's as a kid on Instructional TV which was shown on PBS affliates from 9am til about 4pm.Along with Inside Out,Ripples ,L4 Images and Things.and Vegetable Soup. I miss those days sometimes
Thanks for uploading this... Some day I'd like to be a Conductor.
I live About 50 yards from a class 2 railroad and they have 5 or 6 trains a day go by and I love it! The horn doesn't bother me, It is the law to honk at the crossings. A train may take anywhere from 3 minutes to 9 minutes to go by and so sit back and enjoy the view it will be gone before you know it and life will go on.
god damn the music score is awesome.
I like this video work from the 70s. My Garden Railroad is a tribute to Burlington Northern, 1970-1995. Gives me a chance to see how they operated pre 90s (when I really remember the Big Green BN). Great quality on this too.
1973 and onwards is when people realised that they weren't in the 1960s anymore, in my opinion! Especially with regards the evolution of rock music such as the rising popularity in blues rock and hard rock, which began in the late 1960s, but became more popular and well known in the early 1970s.
Good deal. I'll add links to the other parts later. I've got 4 more of these old videos to upload.
Wow, the double stack/container revolution was just begining then. If only those RR guys from back then could see what has happened today.
That's the cool thing about BN, they inhearted such a varyity of power that almost every type of loco had BN green on it.
I know "Portrait of a Railroad" is available from Pentrex Video (pentrex. com). Check the "American Railroad Collection Vol. 1" in their vintage diesel video category. I don't know of anyone else selling the BN videos, but you may be able to find them on Ebay. They were part of a collection called "Railroad Classics" sold by BN in the 1980s.
Awesome BN video.
Sweet, thanks. Being only 20, its great to see when the railroad was the almighty link across this country before the Interstate system took over...Hopefully the railroads will once again rein supreme :)
The video of the chicago rail yard still has old CB&Q engines in gray
and she sounds very smart.
Nice video!
8:08... that's a Northern Pacific SD-45 mid-unit!
@LordoftheKaty I kind of hated it that Burlington Northern and Sante Fe became a joint venture I sent email to BNSF .com and asked them why they became BNSF and all that right after UP took over the other railroads !
The Narrator sounds like Liev Schreiber but that would be unlikely as he was 10 yrs old back then
Since it was shot 36 years ago, I hope she now has a daughter as smart and attractive as she was in 1973.
Andrew Falconer me too
Does anyone know where I can find the video of the kickers dropping off of a train with a caboose?
filmed around 1975 or 1976
How fast can railroad employees load and unload intermodal versus boxcars?
Can a railroad be too successful and ever strain the capacity of man and machine?
and without the railroad, life as we know it would come to a fast halt. those stupid semis can only dream of what the railroad can haul. I never seen semis haul 200 trailers of coal at once to a powerplant. those powerplants need the coal now not a week from now, THINK BEFORE YOU WRITE.
was this a corporate training video or did this actually air? Great video by the way!
This was a publicity film available from the railroad for schools, classes or civic groups.
As a Railfan i hate bn because im a Santa fe guy But this is good stuff!
Burlington Northern: Nobody fucks with them.
+TheSuperTenor i fuck with them all the time
8:20 and on...
OSHA would probably not use this as any form of Safety Demonstration
howardkevinm2 years ago
BN's president in 1974 was Robert W. Downing not this Chinese guy.
That's because this guy, Japanese American Tall Watanabe, was vice president. Do pay attention.
@BurlingtonNorthernRy so would i
coat and tie... coat & tie....
i do. but i know what u mean.
the woman in the 3:40 mark is pretty good looking
woops nevermind, i found 1 and 2
All his shit is sooooooo 1970s lol
That must be Mr. Wantanabe.
Land cruiser FJs ........yes please